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Members Only Learning at Lunch: Holiday Edition

2015年11月20日

All members are invited to kick off the holidays by learning about how Thanksgiving was celebrated in the American concentration camps and by members of the all-Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team. RSVPs recommended to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

Living Flowers: Sogetsu Los Angeles Branch

2008年07月20日

This program highlights the art of Sogetsu Los Angeles Branch, featured in Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art.

Studio Lab Project

2008年05月03日

FREE! East West Players Actors Conservatory presents a Studio Lab Project production of the classic Anton Chekhov play Ivanov.

Exhibition Walkthrough

2008年03月09日

Karin Higa, exhibition co-curator, will lead gallery tours of One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now.

Holiday Arts & Crafts

2005年12月17日

A fun-filled, festive afternoon of creative ornament making and holiday crafts...perfect gifts for the holiday season!

Excerpts from Old Man River

1998年02月07日

Storytelling, multi-media performance featuring: Cynthia Gates Fujikawa Cyndy joins us from New York to perform excerpts from her one-woman show, Old Man River, currently playing at Theatre West in Hollywood from January 23 through March 1 (for information, call 213.851.7977). Old Man River chronicles the misadventures of her father, Nisei actor Jerry Fujikawa, and Cyndy’s revelations about him as a parent. Fr...

Fresh Off the Page Series presented by AT&T / East West Players

1997年12月11日

Thursday Evenings at the Museum Reading/Performance Featuring: The David Henry Hwang Writers Institute It’s open mike night for Institute writers as they read from their newest, hottest works—plays, scenes, poetry, prose, rap, and lyrics. The Institute will celebrate the publication of their brand new literary journal, I (eye). Writers and performers include: Euijoon Kim, Jason Fong, Lisa Yu, John Song, ...

Tanaka Photo Studio: Family, Tradition, Business, and Community Before WWII—Photos

Click through the photo galleries below to see a selection of photographs taken by Tanaka Photo Studio. See the joy, sorrow, celebrations, traditions, and businesses expressed through the lives of Japanese Americans before World War II. After clicking on a photo, you can zoom in for a closer look. For those who have visited or live in Los Angeles, you will see the connection between the past and present through tradi...

Before They Were Heroes: Sus Ito’s World War II Images—Sus Ito

Note: During this interview, Sus Ito misidentified the camera he took with him during his service. It was, in fact, an Agfa camera, not an Argus. Biography Susumu “Sus” Ito was born in 1919 in Stockton, California, to Japanese immigrants, Sohei and Hisayo Ito. Like many other Japanese American families in their community, the Itos worked as tenant farmers, sharecropping to harvest celery, beets, and as...

PODCAST: Japanese America

Japanese America Welcome to Japanese America, JANM’s new podcast that explores unique experiences, challenges, and triumphs of Japanese Americans and illuminates their contributions to the mosaic of American life. From historical milestones to contemporary perspectives, join cohosts Michelle MaliZaki and Koji Steven Sakai on an insightful journey through JANM’s collection that showcases a diverse community tha...